Final public budget hearing in Royal Palm tonight

If you’re a village resident, tonight will be your last chance to air your views or ask questions about the $32.5 million budget the village council is expected to officially adopt at tonight’s second — and final — public budget hearing.

The council at the Sept. 3 meeting unanimously adopted a tentative budget for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1.

The proposed budget will maintain the current property tax rate of $1.92 per $1,000 of taxable property value. At that rate, a village resident with a home valued at $175,000 — minus a $50,000 homestead exemption — will pay $240 in taxes to the village next year.